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third-person singular simple present entenders, present participle entendering, simple past and past participle entendered
(obsolete) To make tender. quotations
And fearing lest the torments he felt, might in some sort entender his wifes heart […], he besought her to be pleased she might be caried into the next chamber, which was accordingly performed.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 35, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […]
Entendered by distress, she easily yielded to the pensive manners of her companions and to the serene uniformity of a monastic life.
1790, Ann Ward Radcliffe, chapter 8, in A Sicilian Romance, HTML edition
For whatsoever creates fear , or makes the spirit to dwell in a religious sadness , is apt to entender the spirit , and make it devout and pliant to any part of dut
1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […]
(transitive) To treat with tenderness. quotations examples
th' entender'd heart
1742–1745, [Edward Young], The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750